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MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

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ALFRED c. oo'rY, on HUDSON FALLS, NEW Yon-K, Assrouon OF oivn-rounrn- 'ro JOSEPH A. LAWSON, or ALBANX, H W YQBKAND ONE-FOURTH 'ro THOMAS H.

BURKE, or HUDSON FALLS, NEW YORK."

. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

Specification of- Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed June 9, 1911. Serial No. 632,133.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, ALFRED C. COTY, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of Hudson Falls, in the county of Washington and State of New York, have invented cer- "tain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Paper Bags, of which the followingis a specification.

My present invention relates to machines for manufacturing paper bags. which are in general old and well-known. The machines, however, withwhich I am acquainted are subject to some inconveniences and defects which I aim to eliminate in the construction of my invention. Those in common use consist in general of a mechanism for fold ng the strip of paper longitudinally into a tube, which in its further passage through the machineis cut into suitable shapes, folded and pasted so, as to form the bottomof the bag. Prior to the folding in of the bottom a notch is formed in the upper end of the bag, so that when the bag is cut ofi? from the tube the tongue which fits into the notch remains upon the strip and forms a means of engagement with the apparatus as the tube is drawn forward during the forward progress of the strip through the machine. The: means for cutting off the bag which has heretofore been in use depends for its operativeness, in part at least. upon thetension of the strip at the time of cutting off the bag from the tube. This tension must be regulated with considerable accuracy in order to make the machine operative commercially: if it betoo tight the cut-off does not work properly and the bag is apt to be torn; while if it be too slack the bag is not separated from the tube at all, but is mutilated. With the cut-off mechanism now inuse a. certain amount of'slack must be left in order .to make the device operative, and this slack mustbe taken up during the further progress of the tube through the machine. This necessitates a variation in the speed of progress of the paper at difier- .ent parts of the work which makes it at times buckle slightly, the buckling or warpin being taken out of the strip by feed vary, or to use apparatus which makes it, move at d fferent speeds 'in different parts of the operation; because, owing to the irregularity and weakness of all "paper and it so that a material which would pass regularly through the machine without being torn, if the progress of the paper were uniform, and which would be abundantly good enough, for the purpose to which it is applied, must at times be discarded because it would not stand the variations of speeds. This fact has been well-known in printing houses and in the manufacture of many kinds of paper, which is weak while it"is damp and it has therefore been an object sought in the manufacture of paper bags to perfect a machine in which the material could be passed at uniform speed from the rollto the delivery. So far as I am aware this has not beenv heretofore obtained.

The losses which follow from the tearing of the paper are not confined to the waste of material, and indeed this constitutes but a small part of the loss due to breaking the continuity of the operation, because if the cruesbefore it can be stopped; furthermore,

the most important loss comes fromthe idleness of the machine during the time after it has stopped before it can be started again. The operator has not only to remove the paper which has accumulated and been mutilated, but has to thread the paper through the machine, which is an operation taking considerable time and skill. Particularly is this true with power-driven apparatus, where the rollers must be inched along, as it is called. .Frequent stoppages therefore cut down th output in direct proportion to the time lost in operating the machines. In addition the difliculties pointed out require that the machine shall be run at only moderate speed, because of the'coinparativel frequent stoppages.

()ne 0 i i the invention relates to the steps for cutting off the bag from the tube. For the yielding j resistance of the paper, which inevitably varies from time to time in the old constructions, I substitute a fixed resistance, cutting the most important features of I the roller.

ried with the knife, which engages with the surface of the roll so that the paper is gripped between the bar and the roll. Immediately adjacent to this pressure-bar is the knife, which is forcibly driven downward below the surface of the roll by a cam, and which has a movement independent of the roll except as to the timing of the rotation of the latter to the gear which forces the upper part of the knife against the cams which cause it to be depressed into a slot in the roll. This cut-off mechanism is so positive that it operates when only the ragged edge of the pa er for a small part of its length is engage by the pressure-bar, which is a result not attainable, as I believe, by any other apparatus now on the market.

Another feature of my invention concerns the knife for cutting the tongue before the ha is cut off. Asthis occurs while the tube is ing formed, this knife operates only upon the underside of'the tube; an opening is made in the former, which confines the solid side of the bagsufiiciently to permit the cutting of the tongue by the stroke of the knife, which is a cam-operated device working against the former and'timed in its revolution so as to strike at the correct osition with reference to the length of the ag; the lapped side of the bag is, however, a 'at this time loose enough to prevent its being cut by the knife which forms the tongue, since it has not yet passed through the drawing-rolls, which press down the pasted seam. The knife which cuts off the bag is so timed as to strike a suitable position with regard to theknife which cuts the tongue, so that the bag will be clean severed, et without cutting off the tongue, as wil be subsequently explainedQ Another-feature of my invention consists in arranging the former by which the tube is formed from the pa er stri so as to be of adjustable width, w ereby ags of different widths in proportion "to their length may be manufactured, if desired.

Still another feature consists in spacing the end of the formerssomewhat away from the feed-rolls b whieh'the paper is drawn forward tower the cut-off, which heretofore has not been possible, on account of variations in speed, above referred to, which have been necessary.

Another important feature is making the bottom-forming mechanism adjustable with reference to the cut-off knife, so that different lengths of bag may be made upon a single machine.

There are other improvements which will be more specifically pointed out in the claims. v v An inexperienced person might think that inasmuch as the invention relates to several spec fic parts of the machine it resides ex- 0 usively in such parts and is confined thereto; but this is notthe fact. By the adoption of the alterations and improvements in the mechanism I have affected a complete and radical reorganization of the whole machine, which enables me town it at a considerably higher speed than any with which I am familiar, in fact being able to speed it up .to 500 revolutions per minute, making a bag complete at each revolution, whereas the spec of the machines now in usedou not run higher than 240; I almost completely eliminate loss from defective bags, since the practically continuous and uniform progress of the material through the v machine, combined with the cut-off mechanism so arranged as toput strain upon the paper only in the part o it immediately adacent to the knife, jprevents tearing or uckling'; and it is also a fact that my improved machine takes very much less power to operate than any of those which are now in use, standard machines of good construction taking from one to one and a quarter or even one and one-half horse-power, while my machine in the smaller sizes takes but one-eighth, and. in larger sizes, but .one-

qua rter, horse-power. Furthermore, the range of adjustment of machines on the market is inconsiderable, at the most only two or three sizes of ba being capable of vmanufacture commercia ly ;upon' a given machine; whereas with my improvements three sizes of machine with their adjustments are capable of making all the sizes of bag now in commercial use in the United States. A ain, inasmuch as the cut-off does not depen upon the varying tension and speed of the paper, bags may be made of any pro ortions within the range of adjustment 0 the machine, even of such absurd" proportions (should they be demanded) as an inch in width and eight or ten inches in length, the old machine having a substantially unvarying proportion of width to length andnot being capable of 'much change in this regard without too large a percentage of waste to be practicable. My

improved machine therefore consists of a means for forming the pa r into a continuone tube; means for cutting the tongue in the bottom of the bag; means for cutting the bag from the strip a ainst a fixed resist-- ance; and means for olding in the bottom of the bag, all while throughthe'niachine wi substantially unvarying tension and speed. 7 Of courseit is to be understood that the usual pasting apparatus is employed wherever passing a the paper t needed in connection with the mechanism which I have devised.

The accompanying drawings show an embodiment of my invention.

In them Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 an end elevation, of a machine containing my improved construction. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation with certain parts removed of the bottomforming rolls and the creasing and pasting rolls. Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of the bottom-forming rolls in more detail. Figs. 6 to 9 are detail views showing the construction and operation of the tongueforming knife. Fig. 10 shows the work done by that lmife. Figs. 11 and 12 are respectively an end elevation and a section upon the line 12-12 of Fig. 11, of the cutofi' knife. Fig. 13 is a detail of the tubethis the rod 13 and held in forming guide or former. Fig. 13 is a section of the parts shown in Fig. 13, taken upon the line 13-13 of that figure. Figs. 14, 15 and 16 are details ofthe bottomforming rolls. Fig. 17 is an illustrative diagram showing the progress of the paper through the/machine, which is indicatedin the skeleton. a

I will now first describe Figs. 1 and 2, giving the general course of the paper through the machine, and;af terward will refer more particularly to the detail figures.

A is a roll of paper mounted in any convenient'way adjacent to the machine, from which the sheet A passes first over rollers These are illustrated as having 0, C sprin boxes C C because the particular machine from which the drawings wereprepared is so equipped, but that is an im-' material detail. While it is passing over the roll C paste is applied to the lap by the disk B of the paste-pot B; for convenience this is mounted in a pan B mounted upon place by the setscrew B; the paste-pot being secured in the pan by the screws B B which permit its. removal if desired. Itwill be observed that" the position of the disk may be shifted by moving the pan 13 along the bar B and. fastening it in position; the disk operates by the friction of the paper. In practice the pot'is provided with a cover havinga slot 13", which is shown partly broken away in Fig. 2.- The dirt in the paste accumulates adjacent to this slot until the disk does not rotate easily and the bags may fail to'get enough paste to secure them. To prevent slot, the bar eing mounte on a lever 22 a cam b rotates with the'diskand at every revolution thereof bears against the lever and thrusts the bar 1) across the slot, the

spring 12 serving to return the bar when by springs e, e.

arran'e a bar I) in (proximity to the 1 the tube, and is directed bythe guidesD.

The former D is secured upon a block ,D

and held by. bolts d, d, infproper position, the bolts securin it to a bracket F projecting from the rame; F of the machine- Guide rolls E, E assist in drawin the sides of the tube close tothe edges of t e former,

so that the tube isof uniform size; these rollers are set at an angle to the course of the tube, which causes them to crowd the paper over as they revolve. ;They are carried upon links E, E which are held down at one end in line with thefcenters about WhlCh the links move, that when desired the lattermay be turned up and the springs,

passing the center, throw them back out of These springs are secured the way while the paper is inserted, or when repairs are being made. While passing through the former the tongue in the bottom of the bag corresponding to the notchleft in the top edge is cut by means of .a knife G, carried uponthe'shaft G and operated.-

by cams G, only one of which is shown;

The construction and method of operation of this knife will be more fully described in connection with the detail view shown in Figsfito 10. After passing throu h the former and bemg shaped into the tu e, the upper edge of which adheres to the lower by means of the paste shown at a, in Fig. 2, the tube passes through the drawing rolls (as they. are

called in this art) I, I, and thence to the cut-ofi' J. This knife J has the usual serrated edge, and is carriedupon the shaft J 3 through which it passes and in which it has a restricted diametral movement. It is also provided with a pressure-bar J T which acts in conjunction with a cooperating 'IOllBIfiZO' hold the paper, as presently to be more fully described in'connection with the detail view is arranged to beiin line with the'back limit of the tongue formed by the knife G. It is 4 obvious that the knife cuts once in each revolution, and that before it cuts off the bag although. they are driven by power, and. which serve to draw the paper onward.

After leaving these rolls the tube passes through the guides K, K?, and enters the bottom-forming rolls 0, O 'These engage with the tongue on thebottomof the bag ice - in Figs. 11 and 12. The stroke of this knife K. no

and cut the latter in the proper position so i that when the tube is forced against the ver tical guide V the bottom is opened and folded over. This guide V (shown best in the 'end elevation, Fig. 3) is slotted and a disk T, called in the trade a coacher, bears against the roll 0, pressing the sheet firmly against it .From'this roll the tube now passesxbetween the first and second creaser rolls, Q Q Conical rollers U, U, (shown best in Fig. 2) bear against the roll 0; for 'clearness of illustration these are omitted from'F ig. 1"1. These rollers are slightly relieved in the center and the larger ends slip -zslightly on the roll, thus drawing thetube Y "revolving inthe paste-pot Q applies aste 7 tion. After assingover the idler or guide roll R, the tu e passes betweenthe third and between, the first and tight While passin Q}, the paste-roll Q,

second creaser-rolls "to the bottomof the bag by means-o the stem Q' upon roll Q, shown in Fig. 3, whic on one endof a diameter bears against the paper. and when atthe other endthereof takes paste from the'roll Q,- at each revolufourthcreaser-rolls S, S, which turn in the 'pa'stedlpart of the bag so that the paste is covered, andby means of the roll S the bottom of the bag is flattened out against the tube so that the bag will pack flat,

. i i Power is supplied to the machine from the electric motor with proper starting-box.

pulley H. In practice it is best to have an such as is commonly used in printin appalr at'us in threading through sot at the '-'machine may not be started too abruptly;

for convenience of illustration, however, I

' have shown-a pulley H, which may be taken as typical of anysource of power. In order to make the machine adjustable all, of the bottom-forming mechanism to the left of the shaft J a carrying the knife is in a separate fra-meywhich mav be. moved along on the mainframe of the machine; and in order to arrange the cuts of the knives G and J in proper'relationto the new size of bag, their gearing must be changed from time to time.

t is essential that the gears H and Gr shall he of thesame size, or rather, of the same number of teeth, and in order to permit their being changed the transmitting .gears'H, Hfl are carried upon studs and slots in-the frame, the slotscenteringabout the shaft I.

Similarly, to permitshifting of the bottomforming mechanism from-or toward the gear H -on the shaft J of the slotted roll engaging-the knife J, the transmission gear N'is mounted on a stud in a slot in theframe centering upon the shaft J In general a.

;' single gear-wheel may be so chosen as. to

furnish all of the adjustment necessary for vthe sizes of bag which one machine will economically manufacture, but of course this ,gea-r may be changed without departing from the invention. Thepower for the'botftom forming rolls is all communicated tothegear' O, which by means of the gear 0' by means of: a strip of metal 0. The art .0 is integral with portions of the rol at rm may beimoved about the roll, carrying be, adjusted relativeto one another; other forms of adjustment may be employed for this purpose. A ear R v connected to. the. second creaser-rol Q drives the fourth icreaser-roll S and through. it the third creaser-roll 'S, and the finishing oll S.

I will now describe the functions and conderstood from Fig. 5, taken in conjunction with the end elevation in Fig. 3 and the detail views in Figs-14 and 15. In these figures, O is the upper roll, which. is subdivided into threeparts, a central portion 0'. to which is secured the creasing blade 0" the ends, it being turned off and subsequently filled up to the contourof the roll byrings O, 0. These are held in lace by lag screws 0 by slacking which t e them the central portion ,0 and the blade, 0"; the shaded areas in Fl .14 repthe spaces through which t is. adjustment may be effected, The object of the adjustment is to form the bottoms of bags of different sizes, to effect which it is necessary to move the creasing blade so as to bring the struction of the rolls O, O which form the bottom of the bag. They willbebest uncrease into different positions with reference to the tongue on the bottom of the bag, a will be evident in considering the further progress of the pa er through the machine. A b cck, '0', (-see ig.,1-5) isinserted in the roll, the rings O holding it in place; after it is put in place and the rings areclamped by the screws 0, theblock revolves with the roll, but does not move relative thereto.

.It carries blades 0", .which'make the ts indicated at 7, 7 in the diagram mark 8 in Fig. 17. Passing through the block 0' is a shaft 0' havin' a spring 0" fastened thereto at one en by a collar O,.and the other end of which is securedto the block so that the shaft rocks against the tension of the spring; it is recinrocated bv a crank 0,", carryin a cam-roller O". Slots 0' are cut in t e block and ins O" are fixed in the shaft and move in t e slots. 'The function I of these pins is to'engage the bottom of the bag opposite the tongue 6 (see sketch 8 in Fig. 17) and cause it to move upwardagainst the guide V, best shown inFig.-3, while the tongue moves downward. As will be seen from Fig. 5 the operation of these ins is controlled by a cum 0" (which gui es the 18 cam-roller O centered upon the shaft of the roll and held in position (see Fig. 3) by they have opened out the bottom of the bag,

so -.that it impinges against the guide V, they are withdrawn into'the slots 0, releasing the paper; thus as the tongue 6 passes down it does not tear the bag but draws it down alongthe. guide for further operations. A similar cam, 0 adjacent :to the lower roll 0,-operates a cam-roller 0 upon a crank 0 which in turn operates a rock-shaft O, controlling fingers O; the position of this shaft 0 may be altered in the slot 0 in the roll 0, after it is adjusted in position the shaft rocks, butdoes not move bodily in the slot. The securing means, of common construction, is not illustrated. A bracket F, and bolt 0 working in slot 0 in'the cam O serve to adjust the position of the cam.

R. fer now to Figs, 6 to 10. I here illustrate the tongueforming knife shown at G in Figs. 1 and 2. The knife Gr is shaped to form the tongue and is carried uponan arm G, pivoted at g to a revolving shaft G Upon the other end of the lever G -is carried a cam roller G operated by cam G to press up the knife G against a spring G, which bears upon the lever G, 'It. will be obvious that as the shaft G revolves the once at each revolution. The timing of this a cam-lever is brought against the cam Gr stroke relative to the main shaft of the machine upon which the pulley G exerts its effect is of course determined by the train of gears, shown best in Fig. 1. As these are transmitting gears and do not change the ratio ofmovement, it will be seen that as long as the firstgear upon the main shaft and the gear driving the shaft Gr are of the same number of teeth, these two knives will strike once in each revolution, and in the same fixed relation to the paper from which the bag is formed in its passage through the machine; by adjusting them to strike once at a given point, therefore they will strike consecutively at that position, so that the tongue will be formed and then the bag will be there cut off, leaving the tongue upon one side of the cut and the notch in the top of the bag corresponding to the cut upon the other side. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show the knife in its differentpositions. In Fig. 6 it is at its lowest point, the roller G being elevated by means of the spring G acting upon the other end of the lever; in Fig. 7 the roller G is just passing under the lpwest part of the camand the knife is at the Htopofits stroke; while in Fig. 8 the knife haspassed and the roller has been released from the Fig. 110 shows tube an in erted ife.

In Figs. 11 and 12 I showsthe cut-off inecha-nism,'time.d as already explained to operate upon the same point of the paper as the tongue-forming knife G5. This consists of a knife J, having the usual serrated edge, carried upon shaft J a reinforcing bar J is preferably secured to the top of Elan view, illustrating the cut made by the the knife, andthis bar carries cam-rollers Springs J force the knife up to,

.J, J. its normal position; it slides in guides J J which revolve with the shaft, and is held in place by yokes J J, shown best in, Fig. 12, in which a portion of the cam J is shown in dotted lines; there is one.

of these cams uponeach side of the machine. Attached to and moving with the knife is a bar .J, pressed down by springs J through which pass spindles J- carried in the guides J The knife cooperates with the roll J ,having a slot J into which the knife is-depressed as it rotates. The roll is relieved at 9' so that the tongue which has been .cut upon the under side of the tube will not be acted upon by the knife J, and reinforced at J The operation of these parts is as fol- .low's:= As the roll J and the knife J, which are-gearedso asto revolve together, turnabout theiraxes, the bar J, which is in advance of the knife, first engages the paper against the protected portion J of the roll adjacent to the slot; at this time the knife is at theupper part of its stroke,

entirely clear of the roll and of the bar, so

that the springs of=the bar are compressed by the further rotation until it occupies the position shown in Fig. 12. This engages the paper A firmly, and just as this engagement is with the greatest security the rollers J :come in contact with the cams J3 and force the knife with a sharp and sudden-.motion downward into the slot J,

severing the bag; butas will be seen in Fig.

12,the' tongue 6 at this time lies in the relieved portion 7' of the roll J so that it is not acted upon by the knife.

-It is of course not important that the bar shall be oarried'by the knife, as it may be operated insynchronism with the latter by other methods. but in practice it is sim lest and easiest to have them workin a unitary structure, as thus they are not likely to get out of adiustment. I regard such changes of construction as equivalent for .the purpose of my invention.

My improved cut-ofl" mechanism differs from any with which I am acquainted in that the knife has a movement in space,

cam Q".

-jacent to the recessed they are ineiiicient and objectionable for reasons some of which I have ointed out in my statement of invention. prefer to have this movement of translation in the lane of the knife, which' makes its direcion substantially radial to the shaft about -operates, regardless of such minor differences as I have here pointed out.

Referring now to igs. 8 and 4, I illustrate the creasin and pasting mechanism which forms an seals the bottom of the bag. The sets of rolls marked Q, and Sam of substantially similar construction, exce t that the roll Q carries the pasting mec anism. Their method of operation is also somewhat like that of the rolls 0, inasmuch as the creasing mechanism carried b the roll is operated y a stationary cam an a cam roller. The roll Q carries a creasing blade Q? mounted upon a shaft Q operated by a crank .Q, carrying the cam roller Q, operated by the cam Q"; while the roll Q carries a similar creasing blade Q, the cam and crank of this blade does not appear, bein concealed (in Fig. 8) behind s will be observed these rolls are adjustable with reference to one another by means of the lag-screws q, g, which enable them to be moved relative to their gears and then secured in uplace. The roll Q at Q carries a brass -shaped stamp which is supplied with paste by the paste-roll Q (shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but removed in Figs. 8 and 4 for clearness of illustration). The roll R is merely a ide roller. The nstruction of the secon pair of creaserrolls 5 is substantially the same as that of Q, Q, and finishing roll S serves to press down the flap at the bottom of the a to cover up the nets, and turn the b0 tom fiat against the ag so that the latter may ack easily. Guides W, W, formed usual y of stiff brass wire. are arranged adggrtion of the roll Q, and the bagtravels tweenthese guides and the guide V until it enters the first Hair of creasing-rolls Q Q; thence. it is irected by the guides W to the second pair of oreaser-rolls, which receive their power through the pinion R these creasing-rolls being of common cons ruction further and more elaborate description seemsunneces- II I I Referring now to Figs. 18 and 1851 show the means which, I have provided tor adjustin the width of the former, so that be of di erent widths may be made upon e same machine. In these figures, D is the general reference letter descr bing the former, which-is provided with iislot D' 'for the ton e-forn ingknife;.the central portion of t e former is lettered-D, and itis eatensible by means of portions D D, one upon each. side'thereof, which are attached to the central'portion by screws :D D'. In' prac-. tice' in adjusting the'widththe screws are --slacked and the parts D D. adjusted to the desired position. Afterward the screws are tightened. As'shownin the sectional'view, Fig. 18", the slides'only take up part of the thickness of the central ortion D" while this leaves the former of diiferentthic cases in diflerentparts of its width, this is of no practical importance. In its best embodiment and for reasons already pointed out, my invention employs a imiform progression of the material through the machine, as this causes the least stoppa e and waste of'material and time; 'but it is obvious that the general arrangement of the machine,einbodyin the novel pointsjn its mechanism-which have describedymi ht be employed without availing ones as f of this'advantage, yet without departing from the invention; its superiority is manifest, even where the pa r runs with .varying ripeed and tension. A 1 such modifications aim to cover by m, claims.

- Having thus described my nvention, what I claim and wish to rctect by Letters- Patent of the United 8 tcs'is:

1. A machine for makingpaperba ,com-

rising means for forming-a strip 0 paper into a tube; means for asting the edges of the tube; means for out ing a tongue on the tube; means, consisting of a slotted rolland a knife carrying a bar for engaging the paper and having a 'movernent of translation into and out of the slot, for cutting oh the be from ,the tube; means forcutting and 0 ding the bottom of the tube; and means for pasting and pressing the-bottom in place.

2. s A machine for making ba comprising means for forming a strip 0' -material into a tube; meansfor pasting the edge of'the tube; means for cutting a tongue. thereon, means consisting of a slotted-roll ands knife having a movement of translation into and out of the slot, for cuttin'gofl' theba from the tube; means, on aging the materi adjacent to the edge of t e knife, for holdingdit during the cutting; means for c ittin an folding the'bottom of the' tube; an

bags, eomthereon;

I a 'cut-off mechanism comprising a slotted roll and'a knife geared to revolve synchro-- nously with the roll, the knife having a move- Y ment of translation into and out of the slot; a presser bar engagingwit-h the edge of the slot and holding the paper in place during the cut of the knife; means forcutting and folding the bottom of the tube, and means for pasting and pressingitin place.

4. A machine for making paper ba gs, comprising means for forming a strip of paper intoa tube; means for pasting the lap of the tube; means for cutting a. tongue on "the tube: means, cons sting of av slotted roll and a knife having a movement of translation into and out of the slot, for cutting off the bag from the tube. the knife gearedto the roll so as to revolve synchronously therewitlnand being provided with cam rollers and cams fastened to the frame of the ma chinefor operating the knife, with springs for returning it to its normal position;

means, adjustable toward and from the knife, for cutting and'foldingthe bottom of the tube, and means for pasting and pressing it in place.

5. In a machine for making paper bags, the combination of rolls anda former for 1 folding a strip of paper intoa tube; means a tube; means for pasting the lap of the tube; means for cutting a tongue thereon; a cut-off mechanism consisting of a knife having a. movement of translation relative to a cooperating roll and timed to cut off the bag at the root of the tongue without cutting 91f the tongue: means engaging the paper immediately adiacent to the cut-off mechanism to hold it firmlv While the cut is made{ means for cutting and folding the bottom of the bag. and means for pasting and press- I ing it in place.

7.. A. machine for making paper bags, comprising means for forming the paper into a tube. such means being adjustable so that different widths of bags may be made upon the same machine: a knife for cutting a tongue upon the tube; a cut-off mechanism comprising a slotted roll, a knife having a movement of translation into and out of the slot. cam rollers and cams for pressing the knife into the slot, the cut-off mechanism timed to cut off the bag at the root of the tongue Without cutting off the tongue; means for cutting and folding the bottom of the bag, and pressing it iii-place. v I

8. A" machine for making paper bags, con'iprising a former for forming the mate rial into a tube, the former being of'adjustable n'idth so as to pcrmitthe making of and means for pasting diiferentwidths of bag upon the samemachine; means for pasting the lapof the tube; a knife for cutting a tongue upon the tube; a cut-off mechanism comprising a slot- 'te'd roll, the roll having a. relieved portion in which the tzngue may he,v a knife geared I to rotate 'svnchronously with the roll and having a. movement of translation into and out of the slot; cam rollers upon the knife I and cams upon the frame of the machine'- pressrngtheknife into the slot, and a spring or s 'irings for restoring the knife to its nor- *mal position: means forcuttingand folding the bottom of the bag. and means for pasting and pressing it 'inplace. V

9. A machine formakingpaperbags, com 'irising means for forming paper into a tube. such means consisting'of a former containing a slot; a tongue forming knife,-

strikingthrough the slot. the slot being shaped to conform approximately" to the contour of the knife, the knife striking the underside of the tube. the slot acting to hold in place the under side of the tube while the upper side is left free; a cutoff mechanism: gearing between the cut-off mechanism and the tongue-forming knife arranged to operate them in synchronismso that the cut-off meclumisma cts at the root of the. tongue; means for cutting and folding the bottom of the bag. and means for pasting and pressing it in place.

10. A machine for making paper bags, comprising means for forming paper into a tube. such means consisting of a former ha ring a slot therein, a tongue-forming knife striking through the slot against the under side of the tube. the slot being shaped to conform approximately to the contour of the knife; a cutoff mechanism; gearing be tween the tongue-forming knife and the cutoff mechanism timed tocause the latter to act as the root of the tongue passesthereunder means in the cut-off mechanism for preventing its action upon the tongue: means for cutting and folding the bottom of the bag. and means for pasting and pressing it in place.

11. A machine for making paper bags, comprising a former for shaping a strip of paper into atube; a knife for cutting a tongue upon the tube, the knife carried by av revolving shaft and having a cam roller carried bv the shaft and a cam upon the frame of the machine for causing the knife to strike once at each revolution; a cut-off mechanism comprising a slotted roll and a revolving knife having a movement of translation into and out of-the slot; gearthe cut-off mechanism timed to cause, the n place.

means for preventin the cutting of! o the tongue by the cut-0' mechanism; means for folding the bottom of the bag,

' .joint of! knife, soas to make-bags of different 'cutting and and means for pasting and pressing .it m

a .12. A machine for, making paper bags, comprising means for forming the gaper into a tube, consisting ofa former of a justable width; a slot in the former, a tongueforming knife striking through the slot against acting to hold in place the underside of I the tube while leaving the upper sidefree viso that the knife does not act-thereon; a cut-elf mechanism timed to cut of! the bag at the root of the tongue; means for cuttin and folding the bottom of the bag, can

means for pasting and pressing it in place.

Q 13. 'In .a mach1ne for making paper ba the combination of rolls and a former or shaping a continu ous strip of paper into a tube; means for applying paste to the lap; n cam-operated knife for cutting a tongue at desired places in one side of the tube; a a cut-off mechanism, timed to act at the root ,softimed and acting that thepassage of'the' the under. side'of the tube, the slot 1 iormin part of the machine,

'ing-of such wirfih as not to interfere will: gthe slot.

, of the tongugxoonsi i of a slotted ni h v and out of t e slo and means for operatx a movement of translationinto so the knife; means for formingthe bottom the ba and means for pasting and it in p ace, these two instrumentalities being 1- y adjustable. toward and from the cutstrip of material through the machine from the beginnin' to the'end of the operntion isnn at substantia 1y auniform rate. 1 1 f; 14, In a machine for making bags, i i former of adjustable width com rising eentralportion containing'a slot 0 snbstam tially the contour of 'atongue-forming kniie a side rtiont adjusta le 1aterallyand set screws orhoklg ing the partsto 'ether, theside portions In witness whereof, I have hereunto! i i my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED C." COTY.

- Witnessesm a. j

- EDWARD KAns'rNnn,

Bonner: H. MILLS. 

